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The fourth edition of this fascinating work provides a completely new and entirely updated discography, including CDs (which previously had not been included in the material), elaborate profiles of rock's ancestors and inheritors, and a new Introduction by the author. "Groundbreaking!"--The... read more

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In 1951 Sam Phillips was the owner of a shoestring operation that cut records by young black blues singers in Memphis, Tennessee.

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  1. Greil Marcus (Author)
 

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